Michael Hillman

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Hillman is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Computational Mechanics and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hillman has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 22 papers in Computational Mechanics and 8 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Hillman's work include Numerical methods in engineering (26 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (10 papers). Michael Hillman is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (26 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (10 papers). Michael Hillman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Michael Hillman's co-authors include Jiun‐Shyan Chen, Sheng‐Wei Chi, Marcus Rüter, Yuri Bazilevs, Haoyan Wei, Guohua Zhou, Jiarui Wang, Masoud Behzadinasab, Georgios Moutsanidis and Michael J. Roth and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Construction and Building Materials and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hillman

31 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Meshfree Methods: Progress Made after 20 Years

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Hillman United States	14	842	629	373	162	102	33	1.0k
B. Boroomand Iran	24	1.2k 1.4×	578 0.9×	496 1.3×	301 1.9×	150 1.5×	79	1.4k
G. R. Liu Singapore	6	1.1k 1.3×	488 0.8×	523 1.4×	233 1.4×	59 0.6×	8	1.2k
H.H. Zhang China	18	946 1.1×	321 0.5×	453 1.2×	129 0.8×	53 0.5×	36	1.0k
Rong Tian China	18	725 0.9×	306 0.5×	233 0.6×	133 0.8×	174 1.7×	51	927
Robert Vertnik Slovenia	17	861 1.0×	537 0.9×	179 0.5×	120 0.7×	100 1.0×	49	1.2k
Chunhui Pan United States	9	1.3k 1.5×	843 1.3×	525 1.4×	117 0.7×	186 1.8×	19	1.5k
Albert A. Saputra Australia	19	744 0.9×	402 0.6×	303 0.8×	145 0.9×	48 0.5×	28	981
C.S. Upadhyay India	19	993 1.2×	710 1.1×	311 0.8×	253 1.6×	66 0.6×	77	1.3k
Pablo Seleson United States	20	1.3k 1.5×	355 0.6×	729 2.0×	691 4.3×	88 0.9×	32	1.4k
Z. D. Han United States	15	599 0.7×	242 0.4×	252 0.7×	102 0.6×	53 0.5×	24	688

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Jafarzadeh, Siavash & Michael Hillman. (2025). An ultra-high-speed reproducing kernel particle method. Computational Mechanics. 76(2). 279–321.

Wang, Yanran, et al.. (2025). Fracture experiments of coated and non-coated epoxy-alumina composites coupled with micro-CT. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 192. 108762–108762. 2 indexed citations

Radlińska, Aleksandra, et al.. (2024). Modeling concrete deposition via 3D printing using reproducing kernel particle method. Cement and Concrete Research. 181. 107526–107526. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Jiarui, et al.. (2024). Smoothed naturally stabilized RKPM for non-linear explicit dynamics with novel stress gradient update. Computational Mechanics. 75(1). 137–158. 1 indexed citations

Hillman, Michael, et al.. (2024). A new meshfree variational multiscale (VMS) method for essential boundary conditions. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 427. 117081–117081. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Jiarui & Michael Hillman. (2023). Upwind reproducing kernel collocation method for convection-dominated problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 420. 116711–116711. 3 indexed citations

Belytschko, Ted, et al.. (2023). Meshfree and Particle Methods. 10 indexed citations

Moutsanidis, Georgios, et al.. (2022). Reduced quadrature for Finite Element and Isogeometric methods in nonlinear solids. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 399. 115389–115389. 12 indexed citations

Hillman, Michael & Kuan-Chung Lin. (2021). Nodally integrated thermomechanical RKPM: Part I—Thermoelasticity. Computational Mechanics. 68(4). 795–820. 9 indexed citations

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Behzadinasab, Masoud, Michael Hillman, & Yuri Bazilevs. (2021). IGA-PD penalty-based coupling for immersed air-blast fluid–structure interaction: a simple and effective solution for fracture and fragmentation. Journal of Mechanics. 37. 680–692. 21 indexed citations

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Baek, Jonghyuk, et al.. (2020). Accelerated and Stabilized Meshfree Method for Impact-Blast Modeling. 296. 92–104. 2 indexed citations

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Wei, Haoyan, et al.. (2019). RKPM2D: an open-source implementation of nodally integrated reproducing kernel particle method for solving partial differential equations. Computational Particle Mechanics. 7(2). 393–433. 48 indexed citations

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Hillman, Michael, et al.. (2019). Generalized reproducing kernel peridynamics: unification of local and non-local meshfree methods, non-local derivative operations, and an arbitrary-order state-based peridynamic formulation. Computational Particle Mechanics. 7(2). 435–469. 43 indexed citations

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Zhou, Guohua & Michael Hillman. (2019). A non-ordinary state-based Godunov-peridynamics formulation for strong shocks in solids. Computational Particle Mechanics. 7(2). 365–375. 5 indexed citations

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Bazilevs, Yuri, et al.. (2017). A new formulation for air-blast fluid–structure interaction using an immersed approach: part II—coupling of IGA and meshfree discretizations. Computational Mechanics. 60(1). 101–116. 47 indexed citations

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Liang, Shixue, Jiun‐Shyan Chen, Jie Li, et al.. (2017). Numerical investigation of statistical variation of concrete damage properties between scales. International Journal of Fracture. 208(1-2). 97–113. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Haoyan, Jiun‐Shyan Chen, & Michael Hillman. (2015). A stabilized nodally integrated meshfree formulation for fully coupled hydro-mechanical analysis of fluid-saturated porous media. Computers & Fluids. 141. 105–115. 28 indexed citations

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Hillman, Michael & Jiun‐Shyan Chen. (2015). An accelerated, convergent, and stable nodal integration in Galerkin meshfree methods for linear and nonlinear mechanics. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 107(7). 603–630. 122 indexed citations

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Hillman, Michael, Jiun‐Shyan Chen, & Sheng‐Wei Chi. (2014). Stabilized and variationally consistent nodal integration for meshfree modeling of impact problems. Computational Particle Mechanics. 1(3). 245–256. 48 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiun‐Shyan, Michael Hillman, & Marcus Rüter. (2013). An arbitrary order variationally consistent integration for Galerkin meshfree methods. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 95(5). 387–418. 141 indexed citations

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